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Cuomosexuals now have company. A President Trump-supporting influencer has launched a “Hot Girls for Cuomo” movement to boost the former New York governor’s mayoral ambitions – and insisted to The Post that even the most beautiful Zohran Mamdani supporter is a “zero.” Upstart media personality Emily Austin, 24, announced the impromptu, informal group to rival the “Hot Girls for Zohran” coalition on her debut podcast Tuesday as she urged attractive women around the Big Apple to back independent candidate Andrew Cuomo. “‘Hot Girls for Cuomo’ — what makes us hot is that we have common sense because attractiveness isn’t just physically, it’s mentally, as well,” Austin told The Post on Wednesday. “I don’t care if you’re the hottest girl physically, if you’re voting for Mamdani you’re a zero because clearly you lack IQ,” she said. “Whatever made you a 10 now brought you down to a zero. And for ‘Hot Girls for Cuomo,’ whatever made you a 10, if you’re voting for him now you’re a 20.” Austin, a Long Island native who works in Manhattan, said issuing a political endorsement seemed boring to her, so she tried to figure out a way to make it appealing. “I’m 24, I’m really Gez Z, media-oriented and I’m like ‘Hot Girls for Mamdani’ was like the best thing he did for himself,” Austin said about the Democratic nominee, who leads Cuomo in the polls. “Hot Girls for Zohran” was launched leading up to the Democratic primary, with the Mamdani campaign selling shirts with the slogan on it. “I know a lot of hot girls who support Cuomo so I was like, I will be the hot girl to spearhead this initiative on behalf of all the hot girls for Cuomo,” Austin, who aims at mixing sports with politics on her show, said. She made clear her movement wasn’t done in coordination with the Cuomo campaign — but said she was surprised when it quickly took on a life of its own as opponents of ex-gov brought up the sexual misconduct allegations that led to his resignation in 2021. A domain, “hotgirlsforcuomo.com” was even purchased by critics that link to state Attorney General Letitia James’ report that found the political scion committed sexual misconduct, though Cuomo has denied wrongdoing. “Everyone came at me like ‘you forgot to buy the domain’ … I didn’t know ‘Hot Girls for Cuomo’ needed a site,” Austin told The Post, “but I think honestly, on their end that was a good slander move, that was brilliant … and if I had ever foresaw that, of course I would’ve bought the domain.” Austin’s push is reminiscent of the start of the COVID pandemic when the then-governor’s steadiness at briefings earned him legions of fan-girls called Cuomosexuals. It’s a term Austin only discovered Tuesday, but she said if the COVID-era fans are still backing Cuomo, “you can sit with us.” Austin is a right-wing influencer and backer of Trump, but said on her podcast episode she believes Cuomo — despite being a lifelong Democrat — is the only option for New York City to avoid a Mamdani mayoralty. She wants Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa to drop out because polls show Cuomo in a better position to topple the socialist Queens state assemblyman in a one-on-one matchup. Austin had Cuomo on her show, peppering with questions about the race and personal topics, including his favorite New York sports teams and the best spot to grab pizza. “He’s actually very likable once you sit down with him,” she said on her podcast of Cuomo, a three-term Democratic governor. Despite facing backlash from women who brought up the harassment allegations, Austin stood by her remarks and believes the accusations are false. “People are telling me how are you not embarrassed, you should delete this and my thing is, if I believe the allegations are false, which I do, because if I thought they were true I’d never endorse someone like him, then I’d delete so I’m keeping it up, let everyone have their opinion,” she said. Austin also had another message for the “Hot Girls for Zohran” groupies, including bombshell model Emily Ratajkowski, who’s proudly sported the merch and appeared in a social media video with Mamdani encouraging voters to back the lefty darling. “Emily, I have a message for her: You’re so rich and famous, if you want to give all your money away, nobody’s stopping you from participating in communism,” Austin said. “But the Mamdani way is communism for thee not me, and Emily fell right into that trap.” Mamdani has repeatedly said he isn’t a communist, but a member of the Democratic Socialist of American, which says it supports reforms “that will weaken the power of corporations and increase the power of working people” within a capitalist system. The attention around “Hot Girls for Cuomo” has inspired Austin to another movement when the 2028 presidential election comes around. “I’m starting a ‘Hot Girls for Vance,’” she said in reference to Vice President JD Vance, who could be a contender to run for the White House in four years. “I’m now gonna ride this wave.”
